System for supplying and distributing drinking-water.



G. FLEMING. SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING DRINKING WATER,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1907. 920,559, Patented May 4, 1909.

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GEORGE FLEMING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING AND DISTRIBUTING DRINKING-WATER.

Specification of Letters P2 tent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application filed September 21, 1907. Serial No. 393,896.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FLEMING, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Systems for Supplyingand Distributing Drinking-Tater; and I do clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawthereon, .whichform a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvedsyswhich may be cooled andfiltered, to the different parts of a building and the inventionconsists in the matters hereinafter set forth and more particularlypointed out in the ap-' pended claims.

The invention may be better understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawing which shows a vertical section through the walls and floors of abuilding equippedwith my improved water distributing system.

Asshown in said drawing, A, A designate two vertical walls of abuilding, either of which may be an outer wall or one of the partitionwalls separating one part of the building from another, and B, Bdesignate the several floors of the building.

C designates the basement of the building and D designates an uppercompartment which may constitute the attic of the buildmg.

The two walls A, A are provided with vertical passages or fines A, A inwhich are located parts of the apparatus to be hereinafter described.Said fines are equipped at their upper ends with ventilators A and areprovided at their lower ends with air inlet openings a which may be.provided with valves a ,shown at the lower end of the flue A v Edesignates a water supply main and F a sewer main below the floor of thebasement.

G designates a filtering device, II a refrigerator-cooling devicelocated in the basement of the building, and I designates a water supplytank located in the attic D. From the water supply main E a pipe 6 leadsto the filter G and from thence a pipe 9 leads through the flue A to thewater distributing tank I. The outlet end of the pipe 9 is equipped witha float controlled valve i which operates to maintain a uniform level ofwater in said distributing tank. From the tank I a pipe i leads downwardthrough said flue A into one end 'of the refrigerator boX H and from theopposite end of said box a pipe it leads upwardly through said flue A tothe upper part of the building, thence across to the opposite flue A anddescends through said flue to the basement and enters the refrigeratorbox H at a point-closely adjacent to the lower end of the pipe i. Atvarious points in its length the pipe h is provided with branch pipes 1cand draw-off cocks K K by means of which water may be drawn from thesystem as required for use. The pipe h and the cooling space of therefrigerator ll constitute a closed circuit to which water is suppliedthroughthe medium of the float controlled Valve and distributing tank,the latter maintaining the circulating system constantly filled. Belowsaid draw-oil cocks arc arranged small drip bowls or sinks K provideddrip cups K leading to the waste pipe K J designatesa circulating pumpcontained in the circulating pipe It for the purpose of maintaining acirculatnm ofv water through the distributing circuit and through there-.

frigerator to keep the water cool and drinkable. Said. pump is hereinshown as contained in the horizontal portion of the pipe located in thebasement 0. The pump may be conveniently driven by a water motor Jsupplied with water from the main E through a pipe y'. A drain pipe y"leads from the motor to the sewer.

The system may be employed to distribute water which is not cooled bypassing through the refrigerating device H as, for example, in winterwhen the water is sufliciently cool as not to require artificialrefrigeration. For this urpose a branch pipe 9, provided with a va ve 9leads from the 11 per part of the filter G directly to the pipe L, andthe pipe 9 is provided with a valve 9 Thus by opening said valve 9 andclosing the valve 9 water enters the pipe it without assing through therefri erating device. W en the system is so used the water does not findits I throug for the passage of I Said inner chamber H tributing' waytothe directly to consists of an outer casing H ada ted to. re-- ceive iceand an inner closed chain er or tank therein and arranged water.therethrough. is divided by vertical partitions 7) into a number ofcompartments and said partitions h are so arranged that al ternate onesleave spaces between their top and bottom margins and the top and bottomwalls, respective of the tank, so that water H suitably supportedentering the tank through the top of one of the end compartments passesto the other end of the device in a zigzag path. through said device,and finally into the receiving end of the distributing ipe h. A drainipe hbetween which are lowest of the horizontal communicating wit thesewer pipe into the ice com artment of the refrigerating box at a pointa ove the bottom wall thereof, whereb water. from the melting ice isdrain'e to the level of the upper end of said pipe; A second drain pipeit, provided with a valve 7?,

all the water may bedrained ofi.

The filtering device-G consists of an upright cylindric' tank having inits upper part horizontally arranged porous partiti g Elacedafilteringme um,- as sand, gravel or c arcoal, and having an inlet opemimmediately below the lowermost of said partitions with which the filterinlet pipe e communicates. It'has an outlet opening at the top of thetank for communication with the pipes g and g. From the bottom of thetank G a drain pipe g leads to the sewer pipe F. Said drain pipeisprovided with a valve 9 which is normally, closed. The racticaladvantage of such a construction ice in the fact that dirt, sedimeritand impurities which are separated from the water by-its passage throughthe artitions, or the first layer of,filtering me ia, instead ofremaining in contact with said artition is continually washed therefromy the inflow of water through the inlet 0 ening and settles at thebottom of the-fitering tank from which it may be occasionally withdrawnby trollin opening the valve 9 in the drain pipe 9 In the usual 0eration of the system the valve 9 is close and the valve 9 is open.Waterpasses' by the pressure of the supply svstem, ofwhich thepipe Eforms a part, through the filter and the pipe 9. to the contank v I andfrom thence passes throng the pipe i to the inner tank H of the opensopens into said ice compartment" 'at the-bottom thereof whereby whendesired refrigerator H from which it flows through the distributing pipeh until the system is filled to a predetermined levelin the distributingtank or box I, whereu on the float controlled valve i closes an admitsno further su ply 'of water to the system until I water'has een drawntherefrom. through one -of the draw-ofi' cocks K. Thereafter water isadmitted to the s stem to the level determined by the va ve i Thus thecon trolling tank and its valve constitutes means for automaticallyfilling and main taining the system filled with Water, while j avoidingthe full pressure of the supply system being exerted on the distributingsystem and its draw-off cocks.

tion to maintain a circ closed system of pipes including thedistributing pipe hand the refrigerator, thus preventing the water frombecoming stagnant or dead in the system and keeping it cool by itspassage through the refrigerator.

I claim as my invention:- -1. In a system for supplyin water, the

\ After this system is filled the circulating upump isfset in operlzlhation 0 water in t e.

combination with a water-supp y main, and

- a closed water distributing circuit commumcatin with said main andprovided with a plum ity of draw-off cocks, of a pump for maintaining acirculation of water in said closed circuit, and a water motorcommunicating with, andoperated by the pressure of,

of, a pipe leading from said tank to the end the water supply main foractuating'said said circuit embracing a systemv I of the refrigeratoradjacent to the return end of said system of pi ing for supplying waterto said closed circuit, and a float'controlled valve in said tank forcontrolling the-supply of water to said circuit.

3. In a system for supplyingwater, the

under ressure, a tank locate atthe u per level 0 the system whichreceives water cm the source of suppl and ;a refrigerator lo cated atthelower evel of the system, of a closed distributing circuit, includingsaid refrigerator, said circuit embracing a system of piping thereceiving end of which leads fromone end pf the refrigerator and thereturn end of which enters the other end thereof, a'pipe leading fromsaid tank to the end of the refrigerator adjacent to the return and ofsaid system of piping for supplying water combination with a source suplying water I to said closed circuit, a float controlled valve in saidtank for controlling 'the supply of water to said circuit, and means forpositively maintaining circulation of Water 5 through said circuit;Witnesses:

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as A. M. BUNK, my invention Iaffix my signature in the 'T. H. A REDS.

eptember A. D. 1907.

-gresence of two Witnesses, this 12th day of GEORGE FLEMING.

